Dec 28 Watch 8:07 What does Kerry's speech mean for U.S.-Israel relations? By PBS News Hour With Secretary of State John Kerry’s tough, parting words on Israel and the recent UN Security Council resolution vote, former State Department officials James Jeffrey and Ilan Goldberg join Hari Sreenivasan to examine the state of relations between the two… Continue watching
Dec 28 Column: Why Castro was so deeply loved by some, and hated by others By Nana Brantuo "In this country, our understandings of heroism have always been informed by an ugly past of racial prejudice and discrimination." Fidel Castro's death saw the Cuban revolutionary re-enter the U.S. imaginary as a villain, a communist dictator opposed to core… Continue reading
Dec 28 Israeli prime minister calls Kerry speech a 'deep disappointment' By Josef Federman, Associated Press Israel's prime minister vowed to work with the incoming Trump administration to contain the fallout from last week's U.N. resolution calling Israeli settlements illegal. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch: Kerry questions Israel's commitment to two-state solution By Josh Lederman and Matthew Daly, Associated Press Stepping into a raging diplomatic argument, Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday staunchly defended the Obama administration's decision to allow the U.N. Security Council to declare Israeli settlements illegal and warned that Israel's very future as a democracy is… Continue reading
Dec 28 Growing number of Americans are retiring outside the U.S. By MARIA ZAMUDIO, for the Associated Press Just under 400,000 American retirees are now living abroad, according to the Social Security Administration. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 45:23 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 27, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, President-elect Trump adds two names to his White House staff. Also: What we do and don’t know about the president-elect’s charitable foundation, the presidential transition in historical context, a daunting future for Aleppo survivors, a West… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: Japan's prime minister makes historic visit to USS Arizona Memorial By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President-elect Trump named a former aide to George W. Bush, Thomas Bossert, as his assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, as well as longtime Trump lawyer Jason Greenblatt as special representative for… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 6:27 Aleppo's survivors face a grim, uncertain future By PBS News Hour Last week, the Syrian government declared that it had retaken full control of Aleppo from rebel forces. But this success came at a high cost: survivors have lost their homes and family members, and many have been severely wounded. Their… Continue watching
Dec 27 Trump raises prospect of America more willing to act alone on global stage By Julie Pace, Associated Press For eight years, President Barack Obama’s foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the United States can take action around the word on its own, it rarely should. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 6:00 A prominent Israeli author reflects on the country's founding -- and future By PBS News Hour Amos Oz grew up in Israel in the early years of its statehood. Now, in his first book in over a decade, the writer looks back at that time through the eyes of three characters -- each at a different… Continue watching